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Manual lenses on NEX and α

Servicing vintage lenses

Lens correction profiles

If I like a lens and decide to keep it, I usually invest an hour or two to create a set of lens correction profiles for the Photoshop lens correction filter. The profiles are not compatible with Lightroom ...

Adapters

There is a large selection of a adapters available for using lenses from many different mount systems on E mount cameras like the Sony NEX- or α-series. All adapters for E mount can be subdivided into ...

Tools

Solid tools save you a lot of time and – maybe even more valuable – prevent damage to the lenses. This page describes the basic set you’ll want to have ready when servicing vintage glass. ScrewdriversA ...

The Vivitar Series 1 90 mm f/2.5 VMC Macro is a well known macro lens produced by Tokina (Serial 37xxxxxx) under the Vivitar brand. The lens allows for a magnification of 1:2 by itself and reaches 1:1 when combined with […]

The MD 85 mm f/2 without “Rokkor” designation was Minolta’s last manual focus 85 mm. As the successor of a line of MC 85 mm f/1.7 lenses, the MD is significantly lighter and more compact. Although the optical scheme with […]

The MD 50 mm f/1.4 with 49 mm filter thread from the early 80s is the last f/1.4 standard lens introduced in the Minolta manual focus line-up. The lens is less common than it’s slightly slower MD 50 mm f/1.7 […]